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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Torrey, Fred M.,     Portrait male -- Marquett, Jacques     Dress -- Ecclesiastical     Occupation -- Religion     Occupation -- Other     History -- United States     Ethnic -- Indian     Figure female     Dress -- Historic     Occupation -- Hunter     Architecture -- Vehicle     Relief     Architectural component     Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago     Sculpture

Relief Panels, (sculpture). Artist:  Torrey, Fred M., 1884-1967, sculptor. Title:  Relief Panels, (sculpture). Dates:  1928. Medium:  Indiana limestone. Dimensions:  7 panels. Each relief panel: approx. H. 7 ft. Description:  A band of relief panels on the fifth floor which illustrate episodes in the history of Chicago. Six of the panels are repeated on the building's north side and two of the panels are repeated on the building's east side. There are seven subjects: 1) The Portage, which shows the Jesuit missionary and explorer Father Jacques Marquette with Indians; 2) The Covered Wagon; 3) The Vanishing Indian, depicted in three small panels; 4) The Pioneer Woman; 5) The Trapper; 6) The Fort Dearborn Episode; and 7) The Peaceful Pacification of the Indians. The panels are in detailed in very low relief, and the silhouettes have been outlined by V-sunk cuts which give the appearance of line drawings. Subject:  Portrait male -- Marquett, Jacques Dress -- Ecclesiastical Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy Occupation -- Other -- Explorer History -- United States -- Illinois Ethnic -- Indian Figure female Dress -- Historic -- Pioneer Dress Occupation -- Hunter -- Trapper Architecture -- Vehicle -- Wagon Object Type:  Relief Architectural component Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago Sculpture Owner:  333 North Michigan Avenue Building, 333 North Michigan Avenue, Fifth-floor facade, Chicago, Illinois Remarks:  Images of two of the reliefs are pictured in the Bach and Gray publication. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 78-79. Riedy, James L., "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 68. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992. Tolles, Thayer, ed., "American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume 2: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1865 and 1885," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001, pg. 84. Illustration:  Bach, Ira J.,and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pg. 79. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 77006191   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 77006191 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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